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introduction
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OUR FOUNDER, ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
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Would I Make a Good Friar?
If you are a man who:*
then you have what it would take
to be a Franciscan.
*These requirements must be met by the time a man enters the Postulancy. You
may contact the Vocation Office and begin your discernment, however, before
you have fulfilled each condition. Before entering, you must have been in
three years of active recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction.
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Speaking of Formation…
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Obedience
The virtue or strength from God to submit one's will to the common good in cooperation with others.
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Introduction
Welcome to the Vocation Pages of our Provincial Website. I hope that you find them informative and helpful. I believe that they are a good resource for learning about our community and ministries. When St. Francis heard the call to follow Jesus more fully, he spoke of beginning to “do penance.” He saw his whole life as a life of “penance.” I don’t know how you read that, but to me it sounds like he lived a fairly cheerless life – a life of pain and suffering. But nothing could be farther from the truth, for St. Francis lived a life of peace and joy. The problem is our misunderstanding of what Francis meant by a life of “penance.” For St. Francis, penance meant moving beyond self and selfish desires, beyond self-centeredness to a life focused entirely on Jesus. The only suffering involved was the pain of letting go of control and letting Jesus be the Lord of life. The result of this letting go was indescribable peace and joy. As we continue our observance of Lent, may we, too, “suffer” the pain of giving ourselves completely to Jesus looking forward to the new life of Easter.As Franciscans we are called to live a life of “penance” in the footsteps of St. Francis. If you – or someone you know – feel called to our life of peace and joy, then take a look at the basic qualifications for acceptance printed in the box at the left on this page. To learn more about discerning a vocation, click Is This Life for Me? and Becoming a Friar on the upper left of this page. Franciscan Formation offers pictures and videos of our present young men in the various stages of Initial Formation. The page features pictures of our men in formation, many with attached video clips. Fr. Don’s Vocation Blog is an ongoing account of happenings among the Friars, especially those in Initial formation, and in the Vocation Office. Finally, to receive more information, click How to Contact Us. We also invite you to join us in praying for vocations using St. Francis’ Prayer of Discernment printed below.Peace,
Don Miller, OFM
Director of Vocations
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